AnthonyM.Capozzolo

Overview

Anthony Capozzolo is a veteran investigator and trial lawyer with a combined twenty years of experience as a federal prosecutor and an assistant district attorney. Mr. Capozzolo’s practice will focus on representing individuals and corporations in complex white-collar matters including criminal, regulatory and internal investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Capozzolo worked for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, primarily assigned to the Public Integrity Section. In that capacity, Mr. Capozzolo conducted several high profile investigations and prosecuted matters involving federal, state and local public officials suspected of a variety of criminal misconduct including bribery, RICO, tax, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. Mr. Capozzolo led the investigation and prosecution resulting in the conviction of a sitting United States congressman, the first in New York State in over twenty years. He was also a member of the prosecution team that convicted an assistant commissioner in the New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development of racketeering, in part, for having accepted over $1.5 million in bribes. Moreover, Mr. Capozzolo was a member of the team that convicted a former New York City police detective after trial of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, bank fraud and obstruction of justice. In addition, Mr. Capozzolo has investigated and prosecuted cases involving the misappropriation of public contract funds, corruption of union officials and embezzlement of union benefit funds. Beyond his litigation experiences, Mr. Capozzolo was also appointed a CHIP coordinator (Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section), in which he was called upon to provide legal guidance on issues involving government electronic surveillance techniques and the use of eavesdropping and computer search warrants.

Before working for the federal government, Mr. Capozzolo served fourteen years as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office where he was appointed Deputy Unit Chief of the Firearms Trafficking Unit. During his tenure, Mr. Capozzolo tried dozens of felony cases to verdict for crimes including conspiracy, murder, assault, robbery, narcotics distribution, embezzlement, and grand larceny.

Experience

Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York

Assistant District Attorney, Deputy Unit Chief, New York County District Attorney’s Office

Law Clerk to Judge Vincent E. Hull, Jr., Superior Court of New Jersey, Criminal Term

Publications & Events

Mr. Liston an attorney for Rogicki in both the SEC and state court matters, told Law360 on Friday that his client has "accepted full responsibility for his actions.", an attorney for Rogicki in both the SEC and state court matters, told Law360 on Friday that his client has "accepted full responsibility for his actions."

Anthony Capozzolo, counsel at Lewis Baach PLLC in New York who spent six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York primarily, agreed. He told Bloomberg BNA that one of the biggest reasons the government didn't go forward was because the Supreme Court's decision “eviscerated” the government's case.

The ruling made it “nearly impossible to prove attempts,” Capozzolo said.

“The Department of Justice views this decision as having a material effect on the way they’ve been prosecuting quid pro quo cases in the past,” said Anthony M. Capozzolo, a former federal prosecutor, who interpreted the McDonnells’ decisions as “a sign that they’re going to handle these cases differently.”

Such an apparent disagreement is not uncommon, said Anthony Capozzolo, a former federal prosecutor who handled public corruption cases in New York. But he told the Two-Way that the Justice Department's action is a "game changer" that could impact other public integrity cases.

"The government had a good case in terms of jury appeal," Capozzolo said. "But it appears the department's decision is solely based on the view that McDonnell's activity did not rise to the level of the standard in the Supreme Court decision."

A U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia imposed a below-Guidelines sentence for a Syrian-born U.S.citizen who pleaded guilty to providing equipment to forces opposing the Syrian regime in violation of U.S. sanctions laws.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Puerto Rico and the U.S. government may not prosecute individuals for the same crimes in a case that tested the limits of the territory's sovereignty, an issue that has become increasingly urgent as the commonwealth has struggled with a massive debt problem.

A former Siemens executive became the first person to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges of helping run a bribery campaign that moved tens of millions of dollars to Argentine officials in connection with a $1 billion national ID card project.

Mr. Francosis mentioned in the article and is admitted to practice only in Buenos Aires; not engaged in the practice of law in the District of Columbia.